X Factor: Louisa Johnson records lowest chart entry for winner - BBC News BBC News X Factor: Louisa Johnson records lowest chart entry for winner 18 December 2015 Close share panel Image copyright ITV Image caption At 17, Johnson is the youngest person to be crowned winner of the UK X Factor Louisa Johnson has recorded the lowest chart entry for an X Factor winner's first single, making her debut in this week's UK singles chart at number nine. Every other winner of the ITV talent search, bar two, has hit the top spot in their single's first week on sale. Johnson's single Forever Young is at a comparative disadvantage, however, as only four days of the chart week count towards her song's chart position. This follows the shift of the singles and album chart from Sunday to Friday. Weekly chart positions are determined by sales from Friday through to midnight on Thursday, and Forever Young did not go on sale until Sunday night. Only Steve Brookstein and Joe McElderry previously failed to claim the top spot with their winners' singles in their first week. Both initially had to settle for a number two slot, in 2004 and 2009 respectively, though both tracks did subsequently climb to pole position.

Without a realistic challenge from this year's X Factor winner, Justin Bieber remains at number one for a third week with his track Love Yourself. With his previous single Sorry holding fast at number two, the Canadian star is now the first artist to spend four weeks at numbers one and two consecutively. The previous record holders were The Beatles, who logged three consecutive weeks in 1967/68 with Hello Goodbye and Magical Mystery Tour (EP). Image copyright AP Image caption Justin Bieber has three singles in this week's top five The rest of this week's top five is made up of Adele's Hello at three, You Don't Own Me by Grace featuring G-Eazy at four, and another Bieber track, What Do You Mean, at five. Christmas favourites continued to make a strong impression on this week's top 40, with Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas is You at 12 and Fairytale of New York by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl at 15. Elsewhere Wham's Last Christmas charts at 24, Wizzard's Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday at 34, while Merry Christmas Everyone by Shakin' Stevens was at 35.

In the album chart, Adele's 25 continues to command the number one position in its fourth week of release. According to the Official Charts Company, her third album is set to become the fastest album to sell two million copies in UK music history. When figures for this week's chart were finalised, 25 had reached 1.97 million sales, having sold between 46,000 and 61,000 copies a day over the past week. At its current rate of sales, the singer's latest release is likely to pass the 2.5 million sales mark by the end of the year. Elvis Presley's If I Can Dream Album climbs one place to two this week, trading places with Coldplay's A Head Full of Dreams. Justin Bieber's Purpose and Jess Glynne's I Cry When I Laugh complete the top five in this week's album countdown.

UK singles and album chart top five Singles X Factor's Joe McElderry v Rage Against The Machine: the YouTube mashup - Telegraph News X Factor's Joe McElderry v Rage Against The Machine: the YouTube mashup X Factor winner Joe McElderry's Christmas number one bid has been hijacked again by Rage Against The Machine fans with a YouTube video mashup. By Anita Singh , Showbusiness Editor 10:30PM GMT 16 Dec 2009 Follow The official X Factor video for the charity single You Are Not Alone has been doctored to make it appear as if the contestants, including Joe McElderry, Olly Murs, Stacey Solomon and Jedward, are singing the RATM song Killing In The Name. They repeatedly chant the chorus: "---- you, I won't do what you tell me." The same has been done to footage of Susan Boyle on stage at the Britain's Got Talent auditions, and even Simon Cowell appears to sing the RATM lyrics.

It ends with the message: "Rage Against The Machine - Christmas No 1 2009." Cowell is already furious about the internet campaign to keep Joe McElderry's The Climb off the Christmas number one spot by encouraging people to download Killing In The Name, a rock track originally released in 1992. Related Articles Joe McElderry: I'll prove Simon Cowell was wrong to dump me | Daily Mail Online comments Singer Joe McElderry, who won The X Factor in 2009 and Popstar To Operastar in 2011, celebrated his 21st birthday this year Singer Joe McElderry, who won The X Factor in 2009 and Popstar To Operastar in 2011, celebrated his 21st birthday this year. After three hit albums, a successful UK tour and twice singing before the Queen, he has treated himself to a house and a car.

It’s all part of his determination to recover from the humiliation of being dropped by Simon Cowell’s record label, Syco, after he was unable to sustain the initial success of having a chart-topping single, The Climb, and a hit debut album. ‘People said “Oh, poor old Joe”, but I never felt sorry for myself,’ he says. ‘I didn’t want anyone to wipe my tears and pat me on the head. I just picked myself up, dusted myself off and got back to work to show Syco they were wrong.’ That he has done. He was immediately snapped up by recording giant Universal, had two more hit albums and another is out this month. He has written three of the songs and one of them, What Have I Done?, is deeply personal, revealing the pain he felt after a break-up. Joe, who came out as gay after winning The X Factor, admits: ‘I always liked to think I was totally in control of my emotions, but I let my guard down and got hurt.’ But inevitably, with this year’s The X Factor in full swing — albeit with much smaller viewing figures — memories come flooding back of his time in front of the judges.

‘I’ve always seen myself as a bit of an outsider, and that was how I was treated on the show. During the first seven or eight weeks, no one talked about me. I was never one of the favourites, because no one ever thought I had any chance of winning. ‘Well, that was fine by me. I got on with rehearsals, there were no dramas and I didn’t care if I was the underdog as long as I was doing what I love. RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share ‘Every week when the votes were cast, I fully expected to be sent home. And when I survived, I couldn’t believe it. I just thought things like that didn’t happen to people like me. ‘But it went on and on, throughout 12 live shows. I used to stand backstage, shaking with nerves before going on before the judges. The floor manager, Becky, held my hand because I was convinced I was going to collapse. ‘She would count me down — five-four-three-two-one — and then I’d feel a gush of energy slap me in the face and that would be it: I’d be out there singing.

I don’t know how I did it.’ The moment McElderry won The X Factor: He says during the first seven or eight weeks of the show no one talked about him and he was never one of the favourites to win When he won, he found it difficult to cope with the whirlwind that followed. ‘I was 18 and I’d just left home. I lived off rice and tinned tomatoes — it was all I could cook. ‘In that first week I felt I was completely out of my depth. I was a bit like a rabbit in the headlights. I just couldn’t grasp that I was famous. It was just so strange. ‘I loved the travel and everything, but when you’re part of a big machine like The X Factor you’re surrounded by people who look after you. ‘Then you come out of it at the end and everything’s happening to you, but you’re no longer in the comfort zone of the show. I wasn’t scared, but I did feel vulnerable. ‘I was fortunate in that I had friends and family who came to the shows and stayed with me. Without that I would have gone crazy.

‘For weeks, I was living in The X Factor house, driven to the studio and not having any contact with the outside world. It was like living in a cocoon. ‘Then, after I won, I left the house and I had my mum with me on tour. It was the best thing ever, because I just needed someone by my side to assure me that what I was doing was all right. ‘Honestly, I didn’t have a clue what I was doing. I just wasn’t experienced enough. ‘Five complete strangers from my record label were travelling everywhere with me, controlling my life. They’d tell me where we were going next and what I’d have to do. It was a very surreal experience to be completely taken over like that.’ McElderry turning on the Regent Street Christmas Lights: He says after winining The X Factor he didn't have a clue what he was doing, he wasn¿t experienced enough He says it’s been a bit of a rough ride since he won. ‘What I’ve been through is what a lot of musicians go through in a 50-year career,’ he says.

‘It sounds stupid, but, you know, being dropped by your label, signing to a new one, dealing with all that public attention — it’s pretty full-on when you haven’t experienced anything like that before.’ The biggest blow of his career came after his first album, which went straight to number three in the charts, and a follow-up single made number six. A second single from the album reached only number 68, so Syco didn’t renew his contract. ‘I think at the time I was a bit lost. But I began to realise there were things in that campaign that weren’t done properly, that now I would never let happen. ‘At the time, I didn’t really see that there were any warning signs, though I’d seen it happen to other people. I just assumed Syco were doing the best they could do for me. ‘I was determined that I wasn’t going to be an overnight sensation. I always said to myself, I’m going to have to work for this. You can’t expect to be at the top of your game just because you’ve won The X Factor.’ His immediate thoughts were to show what a poor decision Syco had made in dropping him.

‘I had such a vision for what I wanted to do. Let’s get some material together. Let’s get a new deal. Let’s get back into the recording studio. I just felt if Syco didn’t want to do that, then I’d find someone who did.’ He avoids criticising Simon Cowell, insisting the break was a positive move because it made him all the more determined He avoids criticising Cowell, insisting the break was a positive move because it made him all the more determined. ‘Because I wasn’t experienced, I let things slip a little bit with Syco. I’ve learned a lot and with this album I knew exactly how I wanted it to sound. It feels like my little baby.’ Explaining the origin of his emotive break-up song What Have I Done?, he says: ‘It is about what happened to me, but I would never name and shame. ‘It’s a boy, but I think anyone feels the same who goes through a break-up, whatever your sexuality. ‘There were a lot of questions left unanswered, so I wrote a song about it.

But I don’t want that person to think he was worth having a song dedicated to him.’ Joe finds it irritating that people don’t realise how strong he can be. ‘They all go: “Little Joe McElderry. Oh, pat him on the head.” It’s not because I’m young, it’s because I’m nice and I’m polite. ‘I’m not rude because I was brought up not to be. And I don’t get photographed falling out of nightclubs, look-ing plastered. ‘If I believe in something, I get on with it. If I’d listened to what people said to me last year, saying “Oh, give up”, I wouldn’t be here now, having this success.’ He has remained friends with Cheryl Cole, his mentor when he was on the show. Like Joe, she is from the North-East, and he talked to her after he was dropped by Syco. ‘She’s been through the exact same process, so she understands it,’ he says. ‘I don’t phone her all the time asking what I should do. If I needed to, I know I could. In the first week after I won, she would text me offering advice.

I would class her as a friend.’ X Factor winner Joe McElderry during a CD signing session of his debut single The Climb at the HMV store in south Tyneside Joe, an only child, is close to his mother Eileen, who brought him up in South Shields after she split from his father Jim, a probation officer. He had tried his luck on The X Factor once before, when he was just 15. After a year at a performing arts college in Newcastle upon Tyne, he went along to the auditions in Oxford. ‘There were too many cameras around. It just freaked me out a bit. ‘I heard all these people who were so talented and I thought: “I’m not good enough.” ‘So I phoned my mum and said: “You need to come and get me. I’m not ready for this.” ‘Simon Cowell came after me and tried to talk me into staying.

He told me: “I think you are making a big mistake.” I told my mum after that: “I’ll never go back on that show again.” ‘Then all my friends and family were telling me: “You’re an idiot.” But I didn’t feel comfortable.’ It was almost a year and a half later before Joe felt he had enough courage to try again. ‘The producers remembered me, but I don’t think Simon did. I’d lost a lot of weight and looked totally different.’ What advice does he have for the newcomers on this year’s X Factor? ‘Be yourself, enjoy the experience and don’t sell your soul. Surround yourself with people who know you for you and that don’t just see pound signs over your head.’ n Joe McElderry’s new album Here’s What I Believe is out now on Universal Music. He will launch it in concert at St James’s Church, Piccadilly, London, on September 20. X Factor winners: Where are they now? | Daily Star X Factor winners: Where are they now? THE X FACTOR promises fame and fortune — but what happens when you win? getty WINNERS: The X Factor crowd have had varying levels of success...

This series of X Factor is nearing the final and while the finalists prep for the show's climax, they're probably dreaming of what could happen next. Well fear not 4th Impact, Reggie 'N' Bollie, Lauren Murray, Che Chesterman and Louisa Johnson — we've got you covered. Here is a look back at what happened to ALL of the X Factor Winners. Steve Brookstein wenn STEVE BROOKSTEIN: He spends most of his time annoying people Steve won the very first series of X Factor all the way back in the dark days of 2004. His first single Against All Odds reached number one in the charts in January 2005. Just eight months later Steve was dropped from his record label. He went on to release Getting Over the X, a tell-all book about his experiences on the show. These days he appears to spend his time offending people on Twitter. Recently he compared X Factor to HIV. Shayne Ward SHAYNE WARD: He's moved on to Corrie Hunky Shayne was every girl's crush when he won the show in 2005. His single That's My Goal was the Christmas number one that year.

He also went on to star in the West End version of Rock of Ages. Leaving singing behind, he now stars Aidan Connor in Coronation Street. Just IMAGINE Reggie 'N' Bollie in Corrie. Leona Lewis LEONA LEWIS: She moved on to films In 2006 Leona wowed the judges and beat Ray Quinn to win the show. She also secured a Christmas number one with her cover of A Moment Like This. Her first original track Bleeding Love also when straight to number one. In 2014 she starred in Walking on Sunshine, which was slated by critics. Not deterred, Leona will be heading out on tour again next year. Leon Jackson youtube/twitter LEON JACKSON: He got hot Leon Jackson won the 2007 series aged just 19 and nabbed the Christmas number one with a Whitney Houston cover. But he was later dropped from Syco after disappointing sales. youtube/getty ALEXANDRA BURKE: She is now starring in the West End Alexandra Burke was the girl we all wanted to/probably would be if we ever met Beyonce. Who could ever forget her emotional duet with the music icon?

Burke won 2008's season and had the opportunity to perform with her idol. Her cover of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah introduced the classic track to the X Factor generation. Since the show, she has starred in a production The Bodyguard Musical and will be a part of the soundtrack CD. Joe McElderry youtube/getty JOE MCELDERRY: Joe came first on The Jump Joe had a number one with his cover of The Climb by Miley Cyrus after winning 2009's series. The singer has done pretty well out of the show, having secured four top 20 albums. In 2014 he was crowned the winner of the first series of The Jump. Matt Cardle youtube/getty MATT CARDLE: He's also moved on to the West End In 2010 we all had a crush on Matt Cardle, who wowed Simon, Chezza and Louis with an Amy Winehouse cover. Like Alexandra, Matt has also taken to the West End stage and starred in Memphis: The musical. Little Mix LITTLE MIX: Like they need an introduction These girls need no introduction of course.

The four-piece girl band won back in 2011 and have been enjoying the dizzying heights of superstardom ever since. All three of their albums have reached the top ten in the UK charts, with their most recent album Get Weird nabbing the number two slot. Recently the band have been in the news because of Perrie Edwards' fiery relationship with ex Zayn Malik, their fellow X Factor alumnus. James Arthur JAMES ARTHUR: He likes to be offensive James won 2012's series and sold more than 1.25million copies of his first single. But while his career looked promising, James appears to be after Steve Brookstein's crown as most bitter X factor winner ever. He called a rival a "f****** q****" and was blasted for homophobia. Sam Bailey youtube/getty SAM BAILEY: She was set free The tenth winner of the show was Sam, who impressed the judges with her rendition of Listen by Beyonce. She was later dropped from Syco, but said it was no biggy. "He didn't drop me — he set me free," she said. Sam is now doing panto.

Ben Haenow BEN HAENOW: He currently holds the crown Ben was last year's winner, beating bookie's fave Fleur East. His self-titled album was released this month and debuted at number ten in the charts. He has recently been slating the show that made him famous, saying he thinks new hosts Caroline Flack and Olly Murs aren't living up to The X-Factor's standards. "It's not the same without [Dermot]," Ben said. Related articles Olly Murs - The X Factor Posted by admin in Music , News , X Factor Live After a brave and heartfelt show that drew in over 10 million votes, Olly was a well deserved runner up to this years X Factor 2009 Winner, Joe McElderry. This year’s X Factor was the most successful yet, with average audiences of around 14 million tuning in to catch the live shows, and an estimated 20 million for Sunday night’s final. After a storming night on Saturday, Olly was first through to the final two closely joined by Joe, but it was the end of the road for Olly’s close friend and fellow contestant, Stacey Solomon.

Onto Sunday night’s Grand Final Showdown, the night opened with the X Factor 12 performing Take That’s ‘Never Forget’. Then it was finally time for Olly and Joe to flex their vocals in a head to head battle for the title with two performances lined up: ROUND 1 – THE FINALISTS CHOICE Choosing their favourite songs from the X Factor finals, Olly was up singing ‘Twist and Shout’ from Movie Week while Joe chose ‘Don’t Stop Believing’ from Rock Week. As the crowd chanted Olly’s name, Louis said, “Olly you always, always, always entertain us … you’re bubbly, you love music, you’re sexy and Olly, you’re a born, born showman”. Simon rounded off by saying, “What people love about you is the fact that you are fearless, you always put on a great show, that was fantastic!”. ROUND 2 – THE X FACTOR WINNER’S SINGLE – ‘THE CLIMB’ Following the formulaic approach with previous years winner songs, this year’s X Factor 2009 Winner’s Single was a cover of the Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana movie smash hit ‘The Climb’.

Both contestants put on a great performance with completely differing styles … GUEST PERFORMANCES The rest of the show was filled with a number of guest celebrity appearances. First up it was the previous X Factor winner Alexandra Burke and runners up JLS performing a medley of ‘Bad Boys’ and ‘Everybody in Love’, followed by Leona Lewis with her cover of the Oasis track ‘Stop Crying Your Heart Out’. The rest of the guest performances came from George Michael with his latest Christmas single ‘December Song’, and then Paul McCartney rounding things off nicely with ‘Drive My Car’ and ‘Live and Let Die’. OLLY GRACIOUS IN DEFEAT As the lights dimmed and silence crept across the studio, Dermot finally announced to that Joe had won the X Factor. Olly, a gent to the end, told Dermot that he was massively proud and that “Joe’s been phenomenal every week … he deserves every minute of it”. The X Factor 2009 Winner’s Single will be released on Wednesday 16th December, but fans can get The Climb on MP3 download until the CD release later this week.

The single will also feature two bonus tracks – ‘Somebody to Love’ and ‘Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me’. All that remains to be said is what a brilliant series it has been, and there’s absolutely no doubt when we say “Watch This Space” – Olly will be back!!! Posted by admin in X Factor Live With just one show remaining before next weeks all important X Factor Final the nerves were well and truly kicking in for all the contestants. Tonight’s performances needed to be nothing short of spectacular to guarantee their place in the final three. Opening the show, Olly started with the Jackson 5’s “Can you Feel It”. Dressed all in white, Olly gave another confident performance and all the judges agreed: Louis – “People need to vote for Olly, because he deserves to be in the final” Danni – “We can all feel it in the room tonight … not only do you have the whole package, but you were in fact grabbing the package” (again referring to the infamous Olly buldge). She went on to say, “If you pull out two performances like that, you have to be in the final”.

Simon “Do you know what I loved about tonight Olly, you should have been a bag of nerves … but you put on a great show … you look like a star, you’ve got the presence of a star, I just cannot imagine you not being there next week”. Next, the contestants had a free choice, with Olly chosing to sing “We Can Work It Out” by the artist that got him so spectacularly through his first ever audition – Stevie Wonder. First to the stage again, Olly sang his heart out with his last chance to secure his place in the finals. After the performance, Louis said, “Another great performance, you’re consistent every week … I like the fact that you didn’t pick a very well known song”. He then went on to say, “… you remind me a little bit of Jay Kay from Jamiroquai”. Danni wasn’t so sure though, “I’m not sure that that song showed the best of your vocal ability … but you know what, if I was sitting at home now next to a phone, I’d pick it up”. Simon thought that Olly, “thoroughly, thoroughly deserve your place in the final next week and I think you’ll be there”.

After a nailbiting finish, Olly’s name was the first contestant to be put through to next week’s final! Posted by admin in News Olly Murs is no stranger to television and once appeared as a contestant on Noel Edmond’s popular TV quiz show, Deal or No Deal . Screened two years ago on Thursday 13th December 2007, Olly clearly showed early signs of that confident swagger we’re all so used to. When his name was called out to come to the chair by Noel, Olly treated the TV audience to a few of his dance moves before giving them a flash of his boxers! Despite his major success in the X Factor, Olly’s ride on the Deal or No Deal chair was not so smooth – he came away with a tenner! However, despite the bad run of luck on the show, Noel said to Olly, “Every now and again we meet a special person on the show, and you do not have failure written over you … it’s been a real pleasure to meet you and I’m going to miss you Olly”. See if you can beat Olly’s tenner play Deal or No Deal online now.

The Show Olly made a good start by getting rid of the 50p, £1, £15,000, £3,000 and £5,000 boxes. He then received an offer from the Banker for £13,500 which he NO DEAL’d. In round 2, things didn’t go so well for Olly when he managed to reveal the £20,000, £100 and £50,000 boxes, but the Banker offered him the same prize money, £13,500; NO DEAL! Turning things around in the third round he nailed a set of blue boxes: 10p, £500 and £5. This time, the Banker upped his third offer to £22,000, to which Olly said “NO DEAL”. As can sometimes happen on the show, Olly’s luck went from bad to worse and he went on an unsuccessful spree of hitting the big money boxes. First the £250,000, then the £75,000 and £35,000.

Each time the Banker’s offer went down, from £3,500 to £1,000 when Olly knocked out the £100,000, £50 and £250. Olly turned down the £1,000 Banker’s offer and only had the £10,000 laying somewhere in the unopened boxes. By round 6, Olly was at break point as the £750 and 1p were revealed and then he hit the £10,000 box and the Banker’s offer slid to £450. Again, Olly said NO DEAL. At this point, the Banker offered a box swap (you never swap!), so Olly swapped his box for Box 14 which contained £10 – OUCH! Let’s hope Olly’s run of bad luck is left firmly behind him as he edges closer and closer to the Grand Final.

Watch Olly’s Deal or No Deal game: Posted by admin in X Factor Live X FACTOR QUARTER FINALS 2009 – Take That and Elton John As the contestants begin to leave the show one-by-one, this week saw the first of the contestant double performances. First up, Olly sang Take That’s “Love Ain’t Here Anymore”. One girl in particular seemed to catch Olly’s eye as he sat at the edge of the stage and sang to her during the beginning of the song. A smiling Simon could also be seen turning around to see who had taken his boy’s fancy! A hit with the ladies, the girl smiled as she reached out and touched Olly’s leg. After the performance, Louis said, “That song totally suited ya, and Olly, it is a talent competition and I think you deserve to be in the final three”. However, Danni had mixed feelings giving hims props for singing a ballad, but she didn’t feel the sparkle was in his eyes. Cheryl said, “it was really lovely actually, to see everything stripped away from you and just hear you sing”.

Simon went on to say that Olly emoted the song well and admired him for not sulking or complaining about last week, proving why he should be here. Next, Olly gave a very confident peformance of Elton John’s “Saturday Night’s Alright”, belting out the vocals with a bevvy of sexy dancers. Louis thought it was “an unusual song choice for you … there was something missing”. Danni gave it the thumbs up commenting, “round one was okay, round two was an ABSOLUTE KNOCKOUT!” and Cheryl sharing the same comments with the crowd going crazy yet again with the “Olly! Olly! Olly!” chants. Simon summed it up by saying, “… it was the Olly we’ve really loved from the beginning, back in the competition with a great song, great performance”. Unfortunately for Olly, the performances were not enough to automatically send him through to next weeks semi-final, and again, he was in the dreaded bottom two slot with Lloyd Daniels. However, with the judges no longer having a say, the deciding vote was purely down to the public vote, and this week saw Lloyd leaving the show.

Posted by admin in X Factor Live GEORGE MICHAEL WEEK After 6 storming shows, Olly seemed to be on fire, improving week after week after. However, this week was the first week that Olly would find himself in the bottom two at the fate of the judges or the public. Olly’s song was George Michael’s “Fast Love”. Olly put out a great dance routine for this week’s song choice, but didn’t seem to be as on top of things as in previous weeks. There were a few tuning issues, but as the it came round to the judges comments, Danni was the only one to point this out saying, “The first half there were tuning problems”. However, the rest of the judges got behind Olly and sang his praises with Louis saying, “You’re a very natural mover, there’s nothing fake about you, everything about Olly Murs is real”. During Louis’ critique, one of the girls in the audience screamed, “OLLY, WE WANT YOUR BABY!”. Cheryl went on to say, “You get your head down, you get the job done and you always come out and deliver”.

To round things off, Simon pointed out to Olly that “you are going to have no problem with the chicks when you leave this competition … you are turning into a really, really, really good fearless performer”. Singing to win a position in the Quarter Finals, Olly went chose Eric Clapton’s “You Look Wonderful Tonight” with Jedward singing “No Matter What” by Boyzone. Jedward have seen a rally of public hate against over the weeks which is ridiculous when you consider it has been the public that have voted to keep them in! Having seen a couple of controversial decisions over the whole Jedward debate, it was almost as if they knew their time was up, and this week saw Danni step up to the plate to keep the deciding vote firmly within the judges control. Danni opted to keep Olly in the competition and sent Jedward packing. Posted by admin in Music , News On the results show of Queen Week, the 2009 X Factor finalists came out on stage to peform the brand new X Factor 2009 Charity Single , a cover of Michael Jackson’s “You Are Not Alone”.

In a year which has seen the passing of Michael Jackson, the song was released to raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity . All proceeds go to the charity, one of Britain’s best loved and indeed, best children’s hospitals in the UK. Hat’s off to them all and let’s hope it gets to No.1 like the previous year’s X Factor 2008 Charity Single , a cover of Mariah Carey’s “Hero” which managed to raise over £1m for the Help for Heroes charity. The Great Ormond Street Chief Executive Officer, Dr Jane Collins said: “We really hope that the public will buy this recording so we can raise as much money as possible to allow us to continue to help sick children from across the UK get better.” Posted by admin in Fashion , X Factor Live QUEEN WEEK As we move closer and closer to the finals, this week featured hits from the legendary Queen with Roger Taylor and Brian May mentoring the X Factor finalists. During the run up to the show, Olly had an unfortunate boxing accident during a scuffle with a punch bag.

Olly and Jedward were messing about with a punch bag when somehow, Olly managed to crack his knuckle by landing a punch on the metal bar instead of the bag – best stick to the singing Olly! Undeterred and sporting a wrist guard on his right hand, Olly’s song for the night was “Don’t Stop Me Now”, sporting another of his favoured Fred Perry shirts. The judges comments were yet again favourable with Danni saying, “I think you’re the best performer we have in the show by far” although she had concerns about the song choice swallowing up his vocals. Louis went on to comment, “That was an electrifying performance … you are the person that everybody has to beat in the competition … you remind of little bits of Robbie, Gary Barlow, Will Young, but probably better”. Next contestant to leave – Jamie Archer Posted by admin in X Factor Live MOVIE WEEK Tonight’s show was Movie Week. Without a guest mentor for the show, the X Factor finalists were treated to a night out at the premiere of Disney’s “A Christmas Carol” in Leicester Square’s Odeon Cinema, London.

Olly’s choice of song for the evening was “Twist and Shout” from one of Simon’s favourite film characters, Ferris Bueller in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”. Undoubtedly this was one of Olly’s best performances. Olly belted out a strong vocal and put a modern spin on the dance routine with some of Michael Jackon’s “Thriller” moves. We think it worked, but a moaning Louis Walsh tried to dig Simon out about the song choice for Olly saying, “Simon picked a really, really silly song for a great, great singer”. How can Twist and Shout ever be labelled as a “silly song”?! It has been covered by numerous artists over the decades including The Isley Brothers, The Beatles and The Mamas and Papas. And it didn’t stop there – Danni and Cheryl chipped in with some comments about the Thriller moves, but the audience were clearly on Olly’s side as they began to rise up drowning out most of Cheryl’s critique chanting, “Olly! Olly! Olly!”. What did you think?

Posted by admin in Fashion , X Factor Live ROCK WEEK Screened on Halloween in the UK, tonight’s X Factor theme was Rock Week. Sporting a slightly dodgy Barnet, Olly sang one of the Beatles classics, “Come Together”. Accompanied by 4 female dancers, Olly put his own spin on the song and pulled off another solid performance. Towards the end of the song, Olly ripped open his shirt revealing his hairy chest. Not a cheap shirt either, it was a DSquared2 demin dress shirt, a step away from Olly’s usual Fred Perry. The judges unanimously gave Olly the thumbs up again with Danni commenting, “Was that your move or Simon’s move” – in reference to his shirt ripping! – “I absolutely adore you … you are hot, hot, hot” (we think it’s safe to say by now that Danni likes Olly!). Louis stated that Olly was, “still the dark horse in the competition, I think you’re in the final three” and his mentor Simon saying, “you are progressing better than just about everybody right now”.

Next contestant to leave – Rachel Adedji Learn and talk about Wide Awake (Joe McElderry album), 2010 debut albums, Joe McElderry albums, Syco Music albums Background[ edit ] McElderry recorded his first single " The Climb " in December 2009, releasing it on 14 December, shortly after he won the sixth series of the British television talent contest The X Factor . The singer received 61.3% of the final public vote. Joe's prize was a £1 million recording contract with Syco Music, a subsidiary of Sony BMG including a £150,000 advance payment. After completing X Factor Live tour, various meetings of the album took place and recording on the album began in July, before being completed in early September. Joe worked with producers Ray Hedges, [4] Dallas Austin and John Shanks on the album. [5] Simon Cowell contacted Journey for permission to release a cover of " Don't Stop Believin' ", which McElderry had covered on the show before, as a single, but was declined.

[6] The album was originally planned to include a selection pop-rock, ballad and slow songs, however, the album's direction was changed upon completion of the single "Ambitions". [7] Ahead of the album's release Digital Spy reported that it would outsell previous male winners of the X-Factor [8] based on pre-order charts where Wide Awake was 49% higher sales than 2006's winner Shayne Ward 's debut album , 23.2% higher than 2008's winner Leon Jackson 's Right Now and 40.7% higher than Steve Brookstein 's Heart and Soul . McElderry had said before its release that the album had "some different elements" and is "definitely going to be a bit of a shocker", [9] while Simon Cowell said that McElderry "has moved on to new musical territory" and that fans would be "pleasantly surprised". [10] McElderry launched the album at G-A-Y . [11] "Until the Stars Run Out" contains elements of " Faith " by George Michael .

[12] Singles[ edit ] " The Climb ", a cover of Miley Cyrus ' single, was released on 14 December 2009, as the X Factor winner's single. It reached number-one on the UK Singles Chart , Scottish Singles Chart and Irish Singles Chart . It also peaked at number four on the European Hot 100 Singles chart, and appears as a bonus track on the album, for the UK and Ireland editions only. " Ambitions ", a cover of Donkeyboy 's single, was released as the lead single from Wide Awake, and second overall single. The track made its debut on The 5:19 Show on 19 September 2010. [13] McElderry performed the single on the seventh series of the The X Factor on 10 October 2010, the same day that the single was released by digital download, causing the iTunes Store to crash for two minutes as fans tried to download the track. [14] The physical CD single was released following day, reaching number 4 on the Irish Singles Chart and number 6 on the UK Singles Chart. "If You Love Me" is the B-Side.

" Someone Wake Me Up " is the third single from the album. [15] It was released on 5 December 2010. [16] The video contains clips from the film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader [17] but the song will not appear in the film, however, the B-Side "There’s A Place For Us" [18] is played during the credits of the film. [19] The single peaked at number 68 in the UK and number 69 in Ireland. Commercial performance[ edit ] Wide Awake debuted at number 3 on the UK Albums Chart in its first week of release, [20] with retail sales of 39,405 copies in the country during that week. [21] The album fell to number 20 on the chart the following week, [22] and to number 40 the week after that. [23] As of November 2015, the album has sold 105,231 copies in the United Kingdom. [24] [34] Wide Awake received generally mixed reviews from critics.

The Guardian awarded the album 2 out of 5 stars, calling McElderry's vocals "perfectly characterless", an album which "sounds like everyone else who's made a pop record in 2010." [29] Virgin Media also gave the album 2 out of 5 stars, calling the album "mediocre" and the tracks "anodyne, written-by-committee post-X Factor fodder." [33] The Daily Mirror was the third review to also give 2 out of 5 stars, reviewing that Wide Awake had "oddly chosen, largely hollow songs." [35] The Observer 's review describes the album as "a tidal wave of production, atop which [McElderry's] voice rides rather meekly." [31] The Daily Express gave a negative review, calling the album "a collection of limp pop sweepings-up, albeit backed by the best producers hard money can buy", referring to McElderry as having "as much personality as a Spam sandwich. With no pickle." [36] Critical acclaim came from Heat which called Wide Awake "The best album ever released by a winner of The X Factor" and gave it 5 stars.

[37] Unreality Shout praised the album and said it is "the best X Factor winner's album to date, despite it being nearly schizophrenic of nature: one minute you're flouncing you're way through some of the campest songs of the year ('Real Late Starter', 'Fahrenheit'), throwing some suggestive moves and jazz hands while you do so, and the next you're relaxing in the shade of a veranda in the back garden of a country farm house, looking out on fields upon fields of lush greenery ('Smile', 'Wide Awake')." [38] Gay Times gave the songs on the album a positive review. [39] BBC Music said the album is "a disco-dusted debut of giddy pop pleasures." [40] Yahoo! Music gave the album 7/10. [41] 4Music gave the album 4 stars, saying "rather than making the ballad-heavy collection that everyone was expecting, Joe has produced a fun, upbeat pop album which takes its inspiration from acts such as Alphabeat ('Feel the Fire') and Scissor Sisters ('Fahrenheit')" [42] OK!

also gave the album 4 stars, saying "recent single 'Ambitions' sets the tone, with its chugging guitars, while 'Someone Wake Me Up' is an epic lighters-aloft stunner and 'Real Late Starter' has a definite Take That vibe." [43] Original courtesy of Wikipedia: — Please support Wikipedia. This page uses Creative Commons Licensed content from Wikipedia . A portion of the proceeds from advertising on Digplanet goes to supporting Wikipedia. We're sorry, but there's no news about "Wide Awake (Joe McElderry album)" right now. Limit to books that you can completely read online Include partial books (book previews) Oops, we seem to be having trouble contacting Twitter Support Wikipedia A portion of the proceeds from advertising on Digplanet goes to supporting Wikipedia. Please add your support for Wikipedia! Searchlight Group Digplanet also receives support from Searchlight Group. Visit Searchlight Copyright © 2009-2016 Digparty. All rights reserved.

Question: Having subsequently released a CD single called The Climb, who won the 2009 X Factor?
Answer: JOE McELDERRY